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Briefing Notes 15 July 2013 Information Centre for Asylum and Migration Briefing Notes 15 July 2013 Afghanistan Security situation On 25.06.13, several Taliban fighters attacked the presidential palace in Kabul. After explosions and gunfire erupted for more than an hour, the attackers were killed. On 01.07.13, an attack in northern Baghlan province claimed the lives of a district police chief and of three police officers. In the capital Kabul, members of the security forces killed a suicide bomber before he was able to detonate himself in front of the National Directorate of Security NDS. In western Badghis province, Taliban attacked three border checkpoints; twelve insurgents were killed and three police officers wounded. On 02.07.13, one week after the attack on the presidential palace, at least eleven people died when the Taliban attacked a civil logistics company contracted by ISAF in Kabul. Among the victims were four Nepalese and an Afghan guard and two Afghan truck drivers. On 04.07.13, a bomb blast killed four girls attending a wedding in southern Helmand province. The attack appears to have been targeted at government officials attending the wedding ceremony. On 04.07.13, one of the most high-profile female police officers in Afghanistan was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in southern Helmand province. On 05.07.13, a suicide attack in Tarin Kot, capital of southern Uruzgan province, claimed the lives of at least 12 police officers. In another suicide attack in neighbouring Kandahar province, a civilian and a police officer were killed. On 07./08.07.13, bomb attacks were launched on Afghan security forces in Helmand, Kandahar, Paktika, Kunar, Kabul, Logar, Zabul and Baghlan provinces, leaving at least 16 Afghan soldiers dead and three wounded. On 09.07.13, a lorry was struck by a roadside bomb in western Herat province, leaving 17 civilians dead and seven others injured. On 11.07.13, two roadside bombs killed three civilians and two policemen in southern Helmand province. The Afghan interior ministry has released information that during the last Afghan calendar month (ending on 20.06.13), a total of 299 security officers were killed; this is an increase of 22 percent compared to the same time period of the previous year. Additionally, 618 soldiers and police officers were injured, the report went on. 753 Taliban militants were killed and 305 were arrested. Also, 180 civilians were killed. The website icasualties.org reported that 24 IAF soldiers were killed. Last year, roughly 3,400 Afghan police officers and soldiers had lost their lives (2011: around 1,950 fatalities), the Afghan government stated. This increase is most likely connected to the transfer of security responsibilities to the Afghan forces and the gradual withdrawal of international forces. Security situation and medical supply NGOs active in the health sector report that during the first four months of 2013, the treatment in medical facilities of injuries resulting from the war has increased by 42 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. In southern Helmand province, there was even a rise by 80 percent, it was reported. These figures correspond to the information provided by the Afghanistan NGO Safety Office (ANSO), which has noted an increase in attacks of insurgents by roughly 47 percent in the first quarter of 2013. 1 Pakistan/Afghanistan Situation of Afghan refugees According to information provided by UNHCR, the Pakistan government has agreed to extend the stay of Afghan refugees living in Pakistan by renewing the ‘proof of registration (POR) cards’ of more than 1.6 million Afghans which had expired on 30.06.13. This measure has put an end to insecurity about the legal status of these persons. Pakistan Presidential elections scheduled for August With President Asif Ali Zardari’s tenure ending on 08.09.13, the election of his successor must take place on 08.08.13, a spokesman of the Pakistan electoral committee stated. The official announcement of the election date would take place before 20.07.13, he added. This time schedule would be in accordance with Article 41 (4) of the Pakistani Constitution, the spokesman said. He also announced that Mr Zardari would not resign from office prior to the end of his term. Tribal areas As was reported on 13.07.13, the Pakistani Taliban have prohibited tight or see-through clothing for men in the tribal areas. The ban is addressed at sellers and tailors and was announced shortly before the beginning of the month of Ramadan. The reason given for the ban was that these clothes were un-Islamic and incompatible with the Pashtun culture. As a penalty for non-conformity, shops are threatened with a ‘fine’ of 5,000 Rupees and the closure for up to five days. At the same time, people were warned not to wear such clothing. Government authorities confirmed that the local militant groups had already put a ban on this kind of clothing for women. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa On 11.07.13, the first day of the month of Ramadan, a blast outside a mosque in Kacha Pakha, Kohat district, killed two people and wounded four. On 08.07.13, a bomb planted in a motorbike parked by the road in Tora Warai area (Hangu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) exploded when the vehicle of tribal elder Malik Ghazi Marjan drove past. Five people died, among them the tribal elder who was a known critic of the Taliban and other extremists. Eleven bystanders were injured. Sindh On 10.07.13, a suicide bomber killed President Zardari’s top security official Bilal Sheikh along with his driver and a fruit vendor on 10.07.13 in Mufti Ahmedur Rehman Road near Guru Mandir (Karachi, Sindh), while he was on his way home. Twelve people were injured in the attack, among them innocent bystanders and five police officers protecting the security chief. The President himself was not on site. Balochistan On 11.07.13, a bomb was detonated close to the Pakistan-Afghan border near the city of Chaman (Balochistan). The device was hidden in a refrigerator a teenager was carrying on a wheelbarrow from neighbouring Afghanistan. When the border guards inspected the merchandise at Friendship Gate border crossing point, the bomb exploded, killing two people and injuring four Frontier Corps members and five civilians. Pakistani Taliban announce support for Islamists in Syria The Pakistani Taliban are claiming to have set up training bases for fighters to support the Syrian Islamists in their struggle against the Syrian government and the Shia Muslims. They have already sent hundreds of fighters to Syria, the Taliban stated. 2 Iraq Security situation The rising violence in Iraq could spark a civil war, UN officials have warned. In the month of June alone, 761 people died, July has so far seen more than 300 fatalities. The last series of attacks occurred on 12. and 13.07.13, claiming the lives of more than 60 people. The attacks were launched in Kirkuk, in the central city of Kut and in southern port city Basrah. Syria Fierce fighting in Homs and in Damascus suburbs On 14.07.13, the two neighbouring districts of Jobar and Quaboun on the outskirts of Damascus saw heavy fights between government troops and rebels, with 200 civilian trapped inside a mosque. Also in Homs, clashes are continuing, with Hezbollah militias supporting the government forces in their fight against the insurgents. According to both the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, up to 2,500 civilians are being trapped in the city. Violent clashes between opponents of President Assad On 12. and 13.07.13, violent clashes occurred between moderate rebels and Jihadists coming mainly from abroad. On 12.07.13, members of al-Qaida spinoff ‘Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’ killed the commander of the Free Syrian Army (FSA), Kamal Hamami. On 13.07.13, FSA rebels and al-Qaida supporters engaged in heavy fights over a main checkpoint in the city of Aleppo. Baath Party leaders replaced On 08.07.13, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad replaced his top leadership. In an address to the party’s central committee, he criticised the lack of communication between party cadres and the party’s grassroots and demanded that more attention be paid to the interests of workers, peasants and craftsmen. Sunni Muslim Vice President Farouk a-Sharaa was also removed from the party command; however, he kept his office as the second man in the state. He had been Syria’s foreign minister for 22 years and was regarded as a possible successor to President Assad by the Arab League and the United Nations. Opposition Prime Minister resigns On 08.07.13, the Prime Minister of the opposition interim government, Ghassan Hitto, announced his resignation. He had been appointed in March 2013 to administer the areas controlled by the rebels. However, he has not succeeded in installing a functioning government. Lebanon Bomb attack in Beirut On 09.07.13, a car bomb exploded in the Bir al-Abed neighbourhood, a Shia Muslim dominated quarter of Beirut, on a parking lot near a shopping centre, killing at least 2 people and wounding dozens. According to first information provided, a religious centre of ‘God’s Party’ (Hezbollah) appears to have been the target of the attack. Due to the ongoing civil war in neighbouring Syria, tensions have increased also in Lebanon, with Hezbollah members supporting the Syrian regime and Sunni Muslims fighting on the side of the Syrian rebels. Turkey PKK reshuffle Turkish news agencies report that the PKK leadership launched a major reshuffle last week, replacing Murat Karayilan as party leader and head of the party’s executive council, by Cemil Bayık, one of the founding members of the party.
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